By Brian Freeman | Wednesday, 07 January 2026 01:00 PM EST The Trump administration’s back-to-back Coast Guard operations targeting Venezuelan-linked “ghost fleet” tankers send a warning to criminal networks and hostile regimes that the United States will no longer tolerate narco-terrorism or illicit oil trafficking, Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., told…

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that the Trump administration is taking an “all hands on deck” approach to pursuing alleged government fraud in Minnesota, California, and elsewhere. Leavitt’s remarks came during a press briefing when a reporter asked if Minnesota Democrat Governor Tim Walz may have dropped…

Senator Bill Cassidy, R-La., stated on Wednesday that the United States should “control the dollars that Venezuela gets from selling oil” as the U.S. Coast Guard moved to board a Venezuelan oil tanker reflagged as a Russian vessel. Cassidy stated that U.S. efforts against Venezuela are aimed at preventing revenue…

President Donald Trump is expected to announce a Gaza “Board of Peace” next week as his administration pushes into a second phase of its ceasefire framework. The initiative would formalize an international governing and reconstruction effort while the territory remains unstable and politically contested. Administration officials have indicated that invitations…

By Solange Reyner | Wednesday, 07 January 2026 04:07 PM EST During a Wednesday briefing with congressional leaders, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth outlined a three-phase plan for Venezuela following American military actions that ousted President Nicolas Maduro. “Step one is the stabilization of…